CONCURRENT SESSION
Geothermal Power
Zhou Dadi [Chair]
Current position:
The director general (emeritus) of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform Commission
Country:
China
Career history:
- 1982
- Served in ERI snd he has served as a consultant to the World Bank, Global Environmental Facility, and many other organizations around the world.
Visiting fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) , visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (USA).
Areas of expertise:
Energy economics and energy system analysis; sustainable energy strategy, energy conservation, and climate change policy.
He has contributed for long as one of the most influential advisors in the development of energy conservation plans, energy strategy, and climate change policy of China.
Ruggero Bertani
Current position:
Geothermal Center of Excellence, Engineering & Construction Dept., ENEL Green Power SpA
Country:
Italy
Career history:
- 1992-
- ENEL- geothermal division
- 1982-1992
- ENEL- nuclear and ICT department
- 1979-1982
- Worked in the area of nuclear physics at different research institutions
Degree in Physics from Pisa University, Italy
Board member of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) and Italian Geothermal Union Chairman of the Technological Platform on geoelectricity of SET Plan – European Commission Participated in the International Panel of the IEA for the elaboration of the geothermal roadmap
Areas of expertise:
Development of geothermal projects (Turkey, El Salvador), Reservoir assessment (Italy), Geothermal acquisition (USA)
Roland N. Horne
Current position:
Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy
Country:
United States
Career history:
- 2010-13
- President, International Geothermal Association
- 2007-16 / 1998-04
- Board of Directors, International Geothermal Association
- 2007
- Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
- 2002-
- Member, US National Academy of Engineering
- 1992-
- Director, Stanford Geothermal Program
Areas of expertise:
Geothermal reservoir engineering, well test interpretation, production/reinjection optimization and tracer analysis of fractured reservoirs. Consultant and adviser to geothermal projects in USA,
New Zealand, Japan, Costa Rica, Philippines, Indonesia, Italy and Australia.
Isao Matsunaga
Current position:
President of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan
Emeritus Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Chief Officer, Secretariat of the Selection Committee, The Japan Prize Foundation
Country:
Japan
Career history:
- 2012-
- the Japan Prize Foundation
- 2010-
- President of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan
- -2012
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 1976
- M. Eng. in Mining Engineering, Yamaguchi University
Areas of expertise:
Hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy R&D, assessment of deep geothermal resources
Bjarni Bjarnason
Current position:
CEO of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Energy)
Country:
Iceland
Career history:
CEO of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Energy).
Former positions:
CEO of Landsvirkjun Power and SVP of Landsvirkjun (National Power Company Iceland)
CEO of Elkem Iceland
MD of the Kisilidjan mining and processing
Technical Director of Iceland Drilling Company
Former Vice President of the International Hydropower Association
- 1986
- Technical Lcentiate in mining engineering from Luleå University, Sweden
- 1981
- B.Sc. in geology from the University of Iceland
Areas of expertise:
Power sector, R&D and operation of hydropower and geothermal power plants. Management of power companies.